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Troy Jollimore (born 1971) is a Canadian poet and philosopher. His debut book of poems, Tom Thomson in Purgatory (2006), won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry and was a finalist for the Poet’s Prize. It reflected his blend of lyricism, weighty themes and light humor that characterized his two subsequent collections, The Solipsist (2008) and At Lake Scugog (2011). His poems have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Believer, McSweeney's and Poetry. His philosophical works include Friendship and Agent-Relative Morality (2001), Love's Vision (2011) and On Loyalty (2012).